Attorney Profiles
	Matthew N. Perlstein Matt is a graduate of Bard College (A.B. 1968) and the Boston University School of Law (J.D. 1973). For the past 15 years he has concentrated his practice on condominium and community association law. Since 1991, he has focused on representing condominium, community and homeowner associations. Matt is a member of the Community Association Institute's College of Community Association Lawyers. He has served as chair of the Institute's National Lawyer's Committee, and as a board member and president of the Institute's Connecticut Chapter. He is also a member of the Executive Committee of the Real Property Section of the Connecticut Bar Association. Since 1983, he has written and lectured on issues of condominium law for the Community Associations Institute, the Connecticut Bar Association and the American Bar Association. Matt is listed in Best Lawyers in America, a preeminent and exclusive referral guide used in the legal profession. The guide contains a list of the top rated attorneys throughout America in over 50 specialties. Matt was named to the Connecticut Super Lawyers^® list in the area of Real Estate in 2006, 2010, 2011, and 2012 (Super Lawyers is a registered trademark of Key Professional Media, Inc.).
	Scott J. Sandler Scott is a graduate of the State University of New York at Albany (B.A., Economics, 1997) and Quinnipiac College School of Law (J.D., 2000). Scott was an Associate Editor of the Quinnipiac Law Review. Since December of 2001, his focus has been representing condominium, community and homeowners associations. Scott is chairman of the Legislative Action Committee of the Connecticut Chapter of the Community Associations Institute. Scott previously has served as past president of the Chapter from 2008 through 2009, a member of the board of the Chapter from 2004 through 2009, Chairman of the Chapter’s Bylaw Revision Committee, Co-chairman of the Chapter's Hartford Area Trade Show Committee, and a member of the Chapter's Stamford Area Trade show committee. He is also a member of the American Bar Association, Connecticut Bar Association and the Hartford County Bar Association.
	Gregory W. McCracken Greg is a graduate of the University of California at Davis (B.A., Linguistics, 1985), the University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law (J.D., with distinction, 1993), and the University of Illinois (M.U.P. 2000). He obtained membership in Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi, the Order of the Coif, and the Traynor Honor Society, and he received a Citation for Outstanding Performance in Linguistics, the American Institute of Certified Planners Outstanding Student Award, the Outstanding Masters Thesis Award, and the Elliff Planning Law Prize. He served on the board of editors of a journal of international law and on his law school’s international moot court competition team. Greg’s practice emphasizes common interest community law and land use, planning and zoning law. He represents developers, property owners, and community associations. Before he joined Perlstein, Sandler & McCracken, he was an attorney at Robinson & Cole for six years. Greg litigated cases involving professional liability, fair housing, endangered species, inverse condemnation, natural resources, public lands, environmental law, and real estate in California before he moved to Connecticut in 2000. He was a Fellow of the College of Public Interest Law at the Pacific Legal Foundation from 1994-95. Greg’s bar admissions include Connecticut, California (inactive), Illinois (inactive), the U.S. Supreme Court, and the Ninth Circuit of the U.S. Court of Appeals. He is a member of the Community Associations Institute, the Developers Council of the Connecticut Home Builders Association, the Executive Committee of the Real Property Section of the Connecticut Bar Association, the Planning and Zoning Section of the Connecticut Bar Association, and the Hartford County Bar Association. He is the reporter of the forthcoming second edition of the Common Interest Ownership Manual, which the Connecticut Bar Association will publish. Greg was named to the Connecticut Super Lawyers^® list in the area of Real Estate in 2010, 2011, and 2012 (Super Lawyers is a registered trademark of Key Professional Media, Inc.).
	Deborah R. Hill Deborah is a graduate of Boston University (B.A., Musicology), Southern Connecticut State University (M.S., Gerontology) and Quinnipiac University School of Law (J.D., with honors, 2002). She received numerous Distinguished Academic Achievement Awards during law school. As the Collections Practice Manager, Deborah's practice emphasizes the collection of common expense assessments by community associations and enforcement of the statutory lien that secures these assessments. Before Deborah joined Perlstein, Sandler & McCracken, she worked in the insurance industry, with a primary focus on regulatory compliance, provider contracting, and legislative implementation. Most recently, she was an attorney with the Connecticut Department of Information Technology, where she served as counsel to the Commissioner and as the Freedom of Information officer. Throughout her career, Deborah has created training materials and manuals for diverse subjects, such as business writing, auditing health provider contracts, and management of discovery in litigation.
	Lauramarie Sirois Laura is a graduate of Westfield State College (B.S., summa cum laude, Criminal Justice, 2007) and Western New England College School of Law (J.D., 2010). Before attending law school, Laura served as a counterintelligence agent in the Army Reserves and deployed to Afghanistan under Operation Enduring Freedom and to Iraq under Operation Iraqi Freedom. Laura is licensed to practice law in Connecticut and Massachusetts. She is a member of the Connecticut Chapter of the Community Associations Institute, the Connecticut Bar Association, the Massachusetts Bar Association, and the American Bar Association.

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